| 词汇 | stand up for |
| 释义 | Idiom stand up forstand up for (someone/something) to defend or support someone or something.Sometimes you have to stand up for your rights.I stood up for him because he had a right to his opinion. Phr V stand up for stands, standing, stood stand up for sth/sb to defend something that you believe is important {e.g. principle, right}, or to defend a person who is being criticizedShe always stands up for what she believes in.The Prime Minister has promised to stand up for British interests abroad. often reflexiveYou've got to stand up for yourself if you want people to respect you. stand up for sb/sth to support or defend a person, idea, or principle when they are being attacked or criticized: "We're here standing up for freedom against our oppressors," one demonstrator declared. Friends and colleagues stood up for O'Connell when the legal board questioned her professional ethics.stand up for yourself You have to stand up for yourself and refuse to let your employer take advantage of you.■ SIMILAR TO: defend, stick up for stand up for (someone or something)To defend or show one's support for someone or something. We'll never make any progress if we don't have anyone in congress standing up for our cause. Thank you for standing up for me back there. It just felt like everyone was against me. stand up for someone or somethingto take the side of someone or something; to defend someone or something. I hope you will stand up for me if the going gets rough. We will have to stand up for our rights someday. stand up forAlso, stick up for. Side with, defend, as in Paul always stands up for what he thinks is right, or Ginny has learned to stick up for her family. The first recorded use of the first term is by Shakespeare in King Lear (1:2), when Edmund, Gloucester's bastard son, says: "Now gods, stand up for bastards!" The colloquial variant was first recorded in 1837. stand up for1. To side with; defend. 2. To stand up with. |
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